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Re:As ‘Slither.io’ Goes Viral, Game’s Creator Scrambles to K... by hesdeadjim on Saturday June 18, 2016 @04:54PM (#11930551)
I am 100% sure all his revenue is from ads. Every free product we've released in 7 years, including Paper Toss with 100 mil+ downloads, has made next to nothing from a "no-ads" in-app purchase. Full screen incentivized video ads however are worth a lot now with companies like Supercell spending millions a day on them.
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Re:As ‘Slither.io’ Goes Viral, Game’s Creator Scrambles to K... by laydros on Saturday June 18, 2016 @05:12PM (#11930611)
I figured no one made money off the in-app purchase because so few vendors even give the option anymore.

I make a living off software development myself, and I love the "pay to remove ads" model. I play a game a while with ads to decide if I like it, then I pay a couple of bucks. It's like a demo to me. And ads drive me nuts.

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